Imagine you are trying to save up to a billion dollars. Each day, you add $100 to your savings. It would take you approximately 27 years to reach a million dollars – just multiply 100 by 365.27, then divide a million by the given answer – but a billion? Just about 27,378.5 years.
A billion dollars is a lot more than the average person will ever see in their lifetime. With only 2933 billionaires in the world, the richest in society make up around 0.000000366625% of the world population. In comparison, millionaires make up around 1.5% of the world population.
With so much wealth to their names that even their blood could be made of liquid gold, the millionaires and billionaires of the world are certainly making the most of their cash. Maybe they spend their afternoons swimming in their personal bank filled with gold coins like the Disney animated character Scrooge McDuck? Perhaps they are donating a small percentage to a charity of their choice? Even just 1% of that billion dollars is 10 million.
Yet, we hardly hear of any grand deeds of the wealthy, despite their capacity to do so. When we do, they tend to be less admired and more laughed at, such as when Katy Perry went to space for 11 minutes, then kissed the ground upon coming back. How come the rich always seem to “rich wrong?”
To be fair, when you have enough money to buy whatever your heart desires, and not just the necessities, your perception of luxuries can vastly change. Take Tom Brady for example.
Plenty of people have stated they wish their beloved pet could live forever, and while you cannot buy immortality–although some of the most famous billionaires are working towards it–you can clone them. That is exactly what Brady did. On November 4, 2025, Brady announced that his curtain dog, Junie, is actually a clone of his dog Lua, who died in 2023.
Instead of adopting a dog, a process that typically costs between $50 to $500, Brady spent approximately $50,000 cloning Lua. The company, Colossal Biosciences, successfully cloned the late pitbull via a blood sample collected pre-death.
This is definitely not the worst way to spend your millions, but nethertheless, it is odd. Where Brady could have given a new dog a home for far less, he instead spent some people’s annual wage to get as close to reincarnation as modern science can get.
Frankly, the science behind it is pretty cool. Cloning an entire animal? People from Salem in 1692 would label our scientists witches. However, with how out-of-touch you have to be to spend tens of thousands of dollars on such a thing, this is a great example of how the rich just “rich wrong.”
It is not everyday you come across the top 1% and actually applaud their use of money, but it does happen. Whether it is for their generous acts of charity or something so outlandish all you can think is, “you know what? I’d do it too if I could,” what are examples of people who “rich right”?
The first person to come to many people’s minds, especially millennials who grew up watching “John Wick” and “The Matrix,” is possibly Keanu Reeves. With an estimated net worth of $380 million, Reeves has cemented himself as a multi-millionaire. However, he has also landed a spot as one of the most generous people ever.
According to the Daily Mail, Reeves donated 75% of his earnings from “The Matrix” towards Leukemia research in honor of his sister, Kim Reeves, who battled the disease for a decade. Keanu Reeves went on to create a private foundation in the early 2000s, to further fund cancer research, which continues to this day.
Having spent millions of dollars on research for the deadly cancer, it is safe to say that Keanu Reeves is not only a generous person but also someone that knows how to use their money for good.
But giving to charity alone is not what makes Reeves someone who riches right. Plenty of rich people give back to charity as well, such as Elon Musk who owns the Musk Foundation, which gives back towards a variety of subjects ranging from education to human space exploration.
The difference? Musk is not as charitable as he wants to make you believe. While the Musk Foundation does give millions of dollars in grants, a lot of this money often comes back around to Musk.
According to Forbes, Musk donated $474 million towards a variety of charities in 2024, most of which are owned by him. Musk donated to The Foundation, X Prize Foundation, Fidelity Charitable and more. Both The Foundation and X Prize Foundation are owned by Musk, while the Fidelity Charitable is practically a bank account – a place where you can place your money for future donations, without a time limit for when you need to donate that money.
On top of this, “donating” to these foundations allows Musk to skip out on taxes he would otherwise have to pay towards his. Fidelity Charitable allows for users to be eligible for a tax deduction. The IRS also does not tax donations, even giving tax deductions for qualified charities.
On the other hand, Reeve’s donations are very private. We know of his charity from a few interviews he’s done over time, but unlike Musk who seems to do it for show, Reeves seemingly does it because of his genuine care for his cause. According to Medium, “it’s hard to know exactly how much he has given because Keanu never attaches his name to any of his gifts. Instead, he prefers to provide money to organizations in need without taking any credit for himself.”
Reeves’s altruistic ways not only highlight him being a genuinely good person, but also male him one of few who rich right.
But not everyone can be as selfless as Reeves is, and fewer can afford to do so for years and years while still holding onto their $100 million net worth. So, how else can a person prove they know how to spend their money? Simple: how outlandish can you be?
Halloween is one of the most exciting times of the year in the US, whether you celebrate by going out to trick-or-treat, going to a party or scrolling every gossip site you know for pictures of Heidi Klum’s costume that year.
Klum is known for her annual Halloween party, and more importantly, the insane costumes she wears on her red carpet. From ET to Jessica Rabbit, Klum’s only identifying factor is wearing the most prosthetics. According to Cosmopolitan, Klum once spent approximately $10 million to create a clone of herself for her Halloween extravaganza.
Klum’s most recent costume, a full body makeover into Medusa, took months to plan. According to Klum in an interview with Vogue, the idea came to her in April of 2025.
Klum is known for planning her costumes years in advance. She is the queen of Halloween foresight.
While dressing head-to-toe in snakes might not be necessary for life, Klum’s ability to maintain the 25-year tradition and make the costumes better every year earns her a spot at the exclusive riching right table.
How come Klum is one of few on the “rich right” list though? Plenty of billionaires do outlandish things. In fact, Klum is not the only celebrity with a yearly holiday party.
Kris Jenner started her annual Christmas Eve Bash in 1978, and continues the tradition to this day. The Kardashian-Jenner families take turns hosting the bash, and the celebrity list consists of some pretty A-tier stars, such as singer John Legend, socialite Paris Hilton, and model Hailey Bieber.
While both Klum and the Kardashian-Jenners go over the top with their parties, the parties’ reputations are massively different.
People have criticized the Kardashian family for years because of the party. The multi-billion dollar family faced hate for the party when they hosted it during COVID, despite warnings to social distance. In more recent years, fans criticized the event for seemingly being boring, despite historically spending around 1.3 million dollars on the event.
Meanwhile, Klum hosts her parties for the love of Halloween, telling Vogue how she looks forward to the event all year long. Each year the costumes get bigger and better, and her dedication to the bit differs from the Kardashian-Jenners, who appear to do the event purely for traditions sake.
Finding people as charitable as Keanu Reeves or detail-oriented as Klum seems to be a one in a billion shot. But, perhaps that is the real reason they seem so above and beyond in our minds. If every millionaire and billionaire did such great things, would we really see it as all that grand?
While that question remains unanswered, one thing is for certain: we cannot wait to see what our certified “riching right” community does next.
